Watercolor Landscape – Hamid Zavareei Monday | 9/11-10/13

Watercolor Landscape

Old master techniques and materials have been the main inspiration and drive in Hamid Zavareei’s pursuit of art education.

Through decades of independent research and scholarship he has built up a body of knowledge and experience accessible through investigation and research into the available resources in the vast field of conservation as well as historical documents and transcripts passed down from ancient periods to middle ages and renaissance and baroque period.

The focus of his research has been centered on materials and techniques of early renaissance through Baroque era through extensive study and reconstruction of details of master pieces based on documented research within the conservation institutions throughout Europe and the United States.

Hamid Zavareei

The scope of his research encompasses various materials including oil, watercolor, encaustic, egg tempera, acrylic and more recently fresco, within different historical contexts following the evolution of techniques throughout the last two thousand years.

Hamid is self taught and has drawn and painted since childhood by studying the old masters, from early Renaissance to Baroque and he has taught the old master’s techniques for more than a decade. He extends the knowledge of the old techniques and materials to contemporary application to create work that brings the old and the new together in a unique format.

Hamid has shown his work through various venues throughout the United States and abroad including residency, awards and reviews.

Pencil/charcoal, erasers, pencil sharpner – for sketches and research and studies

Paint:

Ultramarine blue

Phthalo/Prussian blue

Scarlet/vermilion

Payne’s gray/Indigo

Hansa/Cad yellow

Phthalo/viridian green, olive green

Yellow ochre, raw sienna, purple/violet

Alizarin Crimson

Burnt Sienna

Other reds, yellows, greens, blues, violets are always good to have but not required.

Palette:

A large one with many wells and large mixing areas, the dinky little ones don’t work

Brushes

Flats, 1”, ½”, 3/8”, 1/4”

Rounds a few different sizes

Additional brushes are good to have but not necessary

Other Stuff:

Container for water

Paper towels

Masking Tape

Painting landscapes in watercolor can be an exhilarating process: learn to use washes and glazes, in a variety of techniques to create trees, sky, landmass and water. Students will learn the application of light and dark, warm and cool, and transparent and opaque colors to achieve beautiful results in watercolor.
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